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December 1928 Issue - 36 Articles- The Psychology of Prohibition
Raymond Pearl
, pp. 385-394 - The Bishop Is Tired
Leonard Hall
, pp. 395-398 - Cossacks
Frederick Woltman and William L. Nunn
, pp. 399-406 - Editorial, pp. 407-410
- Preceptor Senatorum
William C. Murphy, Jr.
, pp. 411-418 - Confusion among the Liberals
Roland Hugins
, pp. 419-425 - Americana, pp. 426-431
- Sport and Snobbery
John C. Kofoed
, pp. 432-437 - Superman
Louis Adamic
, pp. 438-449 - The Decline of Psychology in America
Grace Adams
, pp. 450-453 - The Sterilization of Defectives
Maynard Shipley
, pp. 454-457 - Simple Annals
Catharine Brody
, pp. 458-467 - Putting Jehovah Across
H. Le B. Bercovici
, pp. 468-475 - Word Business
Holger Lundbergh
, p. 476 - The Dilemma of the Negro Author
James Weldon Johnson
, pp. 477-481 - The Writing of "Moby-Dick"
Lewis Mumford
, pp. 482-490 - Help Wanted
Jack Woodford
, pp. 491-496 - Clinical Notes
George Jean Nathan
, pp. 497-499 - The Theatre
George Jean Nathan
, pp. 500-505 The Library
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The Father of Them All (Review) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 506-507 Zola and His Time, by Matthew Josephson
- Zola and His Time by Matthew Josephson
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Across the Border (Review) H.L. Mencken
, p. 508 Mexico and Its Heritage, by Ernest Henry Gruening
- Mexico and Its Heritage by Ernest Henry Gruening
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American Worthies (Review) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 509-510 Who's Who in America, 1928, by Albert Nelson Marquis
- Who's Who in America, 1928 by Albert Nelson Marquis
- The American Mercury Authors, p. 511
- Index to Volume XV, pp. 512-542
Check List of New Books
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Biography (24 Reviews) - Shanty Irish by Jim Tully
- The Last Twelve Years of Joseph Conrad by Richard Curle
- Conrad to a Friend by Joseph Conrad
- The Intimate Life of the Last Tzarina by Princess Catherine Radziwill
- William Rainey Harper by Thomas Wakefield Goodspeed
- Impressions of Great Naturalists by Henry Fairfield Osborn
- Deburau by Jules G. Janin
- Charles James Fox by John Drinkwater
- Lincoln: Emancipator of the Nation by Frederick Trevor Hill
- Prisoners All by Oskar Maria Graf
- Goethe: The History of a Man by Emil Ludwig
- The Log of "Bob" Bartlett by Robert Abram Bartlett
- Ernest Harold Baynes: Naturalist and Crusader by Raymond Gorges
- Jubilee Jim by Robert H. Fuller
- Masks in a Pageant by William Allen White
- Warpath and Cattle Trail by Hubert E. Collins
- My Studio Window by Marietta Minnigerode Andrews
- Mother of Kings by Norval Richardson
- An Echo from Parnassus by Henrietta C. Dana Skinner
- Benjamin Franklin of Paris, 1776-1785 by Willis Steell
- My Friend Robespierre by Henri Beraud
- Charles Dickens: A Biography from New Sources by Ralph Straus
- Troupers of the Gold Coast by Constance Rourke
- Simon Girty: The White Savage by Thomas Boyd
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The Sciences Hunger Fighters, by Paul de Kruif (3 Reviews) - Hunger Fighters by Paul de Kruif
- A Naturalist at the Seashore by William Crowder
- The Polar Regions in the Twentieth Century by A.W. Greely
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Folk-Lore Tricks of Women, and Other Albanian Tales, by ... (2 Reviews) - Tricks of Women, and Other Albanian Tales by Paul Fenimore Cooper
- Other Arabian Nights by Habeeb I. Katibah
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Public Affairs Governmental Reporting in Chicago, by Herman C... (4 Reviews) - Governmental Reporting in Chicago by Herman C. Beyle
- Red Russia: After Ten Years by George London
- The Marriage Crisis by Ernest R. Groves
- Englander by Rudolf Kircher
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History The Founders of the Middle Ages, by Edward Ken... (2 Reviews) - The Founders of the Middle Ages by Edward Kennard Rand
- A History of the Presidency by Edward Stanwood
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The Fine Arts The Bon Vivant's Companion, by Jerry Thomas an... (4 Reviews) - The Bon Vivant's Companion by Jerry Thomas and Herbert Asbury
- Man-Sized Meals from the Kitchenette by Margaret Pratt Allen and Ida Oram Hutton
- A Book of French Wines by P. Morton Shand
- The Questing Cook by Ruth A. Jeremiah Gottfried
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Philosophy The Philosophy of Spinoza, by Richard McKeon (4 Reviews) - The Philosophy of Spinoza by Richard McKeon
- The Correspondence of Spinoza by Abraham Wolf and Benedict de Spinoza
- The Meaning of Selfhood and Faith in Immortality by Eugene William Lyman
- Sceptical Essays by Bertrand Russell
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Reprints The Man of Feeling, by Henry Mackenzie (5 Reviews) - The Man of Feeling by Henry Mackenzie
- Remy de Gourmont: Selections from All His Works by Remy de Gourmont
- Armance by Stendhal
- The History of Herodotus by George Rawlinson and Herodotus
- The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci by Dmitri Merejkowski
- Editorial Notes
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Juvenilia Goose Towne Tales, by Alice Lawton (5 Reviews) - Goose Towne Tales by Alice Lawton
- The Boys' Book of Camp Life by Elon Huntington Jessup
- Wild Flowers and Elves by Elsie-Jean
- The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
- A Hat-Tub Tale by Caroline Dwight Emerson
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Travel The Soul of the East, by Rabbi Marcus Ehrenpreis (2 Reviews) - The Soul of the East by Rabbi Marcus Ehrenpreis
- Ten Weeks with Chinese Bandits by Harvey James Howard
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Fiction Nightseed, by H.A. Manhood (12 Reviews) - Nightseed by H.A. Manhood
- The Feathered Nest by Margaret Leech
- The Devil by Alfred Neumann
- A Study in Bronze by Esther Hyman
- Costumes by Eros by Conrad Aiken
- Alimony by Faith Baldwin
- Giant Killer by Elmer H. Davis
- Theresa by Arthur Schnitzler
- The New Temple by Johan Bojer
- Headlines by Mildred Gilman
- Prelude to a Rope for Myer by L. Steni
- Fire of Spring by Dorothy Coursen